Magic Theatre on the verge of shutting down

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After 40 years as one of the most prominent theaters in the nation solely dedicated to the development and production of new plays, the Magic Theatre has announced that if they don't raise $350,000 by January 9, 2009 they will shut down. The Magic has premiered over 200 new works including playwrights such as Sam Sheperd, David Mamet, Paula Vogel, Nilo Cruz, Rebecca Gilman, Charles Mee, Anne Bogart, Maria Irene Fornes, and Jose Rivera. Read more.

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Leah Cooper

Leah Cooper is a freelance stage director, nonprofit administration consultant, co-founder of this here Web site, co-artistic director of Wonderlust Productions, and the Executive Director of the Minnesota Theater Alliance. She is also on the board of directors for Live Action Set and the California Institute of Contemporary Arts. From 2001 to 2006, she led the Minnesota Fringe Festival to annual attendance increases and financial stability. Up next, she is directing Shooting Star at Park Square Theatre and writing a play for Wonderlust's Adoption Play Project.